# 9 Longfellow Street, Sydenham 1 report on record since February 2023. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/9-longfellow-street ## What gets reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 ## Reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3113635), 26 Feb 2023 ## Also reported on Longfellow Street - [54-58 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/54-58-longfellow-street), 8 reports - [66 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/66-longfellow-street), 5 reports - [45a Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/45a-longfellow-street), 5 reports - [40 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/40-longfellow-street), 5 reports - [2 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/2-longfellow-street), 5 reports - [60 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/60-longfellow-street), 4 reports - [48 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/48-longfellow-street), 4 reports - [35 Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/35-longfellow-street), 4 reports - [Longfellow Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/longfellow-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5574&lon=172.6403&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5574&lon=172.6403&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5574&lon=172.6403&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.* ## On the doorstep - [Movementor Pilates](https://www.chch.live/business/movementor-pilates-sydenham), 226 m away · Gyms & fitness - [Oceans Seafood](https://www.chch.live/business/oceans-seafood-sydenham), 231 m away · Seafood - [Banfields of Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/business/banfields-of-beckenham-sydenham), 232 m away · Delis - [Sushi meets Dumplings](https://www.chch.live/business/sushi-meets-dumplings-sydenham), 232 m away · Fast food *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Colombo St near Somerfield St, 288 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) - Colombo St and Somerfield St, 309 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $560,000, land $540,000, improvements $20,000 · 518 m² · ref 22571/52300 · roll last edited February 2026 A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular. ## Enrolment zones this address sits inside *Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.* - [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021 - [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 ## Bin day (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am. - Green bin, Weekly - Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One - Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One This address is on the council’s Week One calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check. ## What the land record says ### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground) - **Up to 95% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_ ### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules) - **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like. - **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_ - **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site. These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz). ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Longfellow Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=longfellow-street&suburb=sydenham) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Sydenham ran about **$518 a week**, $32 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards). ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *95 m away · 61A Tennyson Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/230)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1882 ## What was here, MED Substation and Setting *209 m away · 19E Millar Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/215)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *230 m away · 52 Longfellow Street · located to ±9 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/136)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3719 ## The green nearby - [Southey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1570-southey-reserve), 202 m to the edge - [Colombo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1447-colombo-reserve), 290 m to the edge - [Mabel Howard Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1286-mabel-howard-reserve), 440 m to the edge · playground, 10 pieces - [Waimea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1006-waimea-reserve), 472 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Beckenham Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-10), 490 m away · Service centre ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-515-sydenham), 66 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 273 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-474-somerfield), 274 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 277 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-492-sydenham), 305 m to the line · walk · bike *Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 9 Longfellow Street?** 1 council report on record since February 2023, most often water leak (1). **What school is 9 Longfellow Street zoned for?** [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.55737316504042,172.6402635502791) **Which suburb is 9 Longfellow Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Longfellow Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/longfellow-street). **What stood at 9 Longfellow Street before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/230), [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/215). **What is the nearest park to 9 Longfellow Street?** [Southey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1570-southey-reserve), 202 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=9-longfellow-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=longfellow-street